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US imports from France — monthly data by port and commodity

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 226 kt of containerised imports from France, worth $1.33B (-8% by weight year-on-year), arriving mainly through New York & New Jersey. Against full-year 2018, France’s 2025 containerised volume through these gateways was -4% vs 2018. Counted by US customs; mirrored and revision-tracked by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger. Updated: 2026-08-06.

Which US gateways receive it · May 2026

New York & New Jersey 96 kt
Norfolk 43 kt
Los Angeles & Long Beach 21 kt
Houston 18 kt
Oakland 16 kt
Savannah 16 kt
Charleston 13 kt
Seattle & Tacoma 3 kt

What arrives in the boxes (top HS2 chapters)

beverages, spirits and vinegar 88 kt
salt; sulfur; earth & stone; lime & cement plaster 19 kt
plastics and articles thereof 13 kt
wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 9 kt
organic chemicals 7 kt

Last 13 months

254 127 2025-05: 246 kt2025-06: 254 kt2025-07: 236 kt2025-08: 227 kt2025-09: 175 kt2025-10: 163 kt2025-11: 191 kt2025-12: 172 kt2026-01: 186 kt2026-02: 140 kt2026-03: 234 kt2026-04: 195 kt2026-05: 226 kt 226 2025-052025-112026-05
Containerised imports from France through the 8 US gateways, kt/month. Source: US Census, mirrored.
2026-05 226 kt$1.33B
2026-04 195 kt$1.55B
2026-03 234 kt$1.72B
2026-02 140 kt$1.08B
2026-01 186 kt$1.12B
2025-12 172 kt$1.34B
2025-11 191 kt$1.16B
2025-10 163 kt$1.19B
2025-09 175 kt$1.03B
2025-08 227 kt$1.59B
2025-07 236 kt$1.41B
2025-06 254 kt$1.38B
2025-05 246 kt$1.34B

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports from France through the eight major US container gateways were 226 kt in May 2026, according to US Census Bureau port-level records mirrored and archived by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger (retrieved 2026-08-06) — trimtabist.com/us-imports-from-france
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · Census Schedule C 4279 · retrieved 2026-08-06

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Method & machine-readable

Scope: containerised imports through the 8 major US container gateways (LA/LB, NY-NJ, Savannah, Houston, Charleston, Norfolk, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma) — a defined slice, not a national total. Source: US Census port-level trade, port of unlading. Census revises prior months; this mirror archives every restatement. Country codes are Census Schedule C, verified against the official list. Cross-checked against independent AIS observation of the same gateways (method).
MCP: query_series, search_series — no API key · Ports: Los Angeles & Long Beach · New York & New Jersey · Savannah · Houston · Charleston · Norfolk · Oakland · Seattle & Tacoma
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